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I think that the whole system can be very lightweight and this will make it relatively cheap to launch. And I am not suggesting to build bricks from sand. I am talking of full size Mars or Moon base. All you need is a very big but light (like a spider) rover with fresnel lens. Since it will be construction rover it will not have all the Curiosity instruments whick will make it far lighter.

Gah! January 2003 was terrible besuace everyone was woefully unprepared. My parents came to visit for my birthday and didn’t bring winter jackets… we went to the Visitor’s Center that day and there were snow flurries! Bundle up!